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Getting Good Government Capacity Building in Public Sectors by Merilee S Grindle
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- Book Title
- Getting Good Government : Capacity Building in the Public Sectors of Developing Countries
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Public Policy / General, Public Affairs & Administration, World / General, General
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- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 36.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
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The creation and preservation of capable states is a lengthy, laborious, and multifaceted process, fraught with opportunities for failure and misspent resources. It requires time, commitment, innovative ideas, consensus building, new rules of the game, efficient design and resource allocation in technical assistance, and considerable good luck. By the mid-1990s, the imperative to improve government performance had been added to the development agenda precisely because of greater awareness that neither markets nor democracies could function well or perhaps function at all unless governments efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness are improved.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674354176
ISBN-13
9780674354173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
492904
Product Key Features
Book Title
Getting Good Government : Capacity Building in the Public Sectors of Developing Countries
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / General, Public Affairs & Administration, World / General, General
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
36.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Jf60.G49 1997
Reviews
Merilee S. Grindle is one of the most perceptive commentators on governance in our time. This volume is an indispensable resource for anyone who is interested in government capacity building., The book is an important contribution to governance and development. Its impact is likely to go well beyond a historical marker and celebration of 35 years' experience in the Harvard Institute for International Development. What we have here is a demonstration of an approach to development which bolts together the intellectual and the pragmatic, with positive impact upon the welfare of millions...Grindle's book...will influence the development of governance and interdisciplinary intellectual work., [This collection's] basis is that lessons can be learned from inadequate public administration, that innovation discerned in good practice can be disseminated and that progress can occur from practical demonstration rather than from revolutionary fancies, whether good or otherwise. The book shows the elements of real promise in governance. And though the title of the book indicates that the subject addressed is 'good government', many of the better sections explore the substance and nature of governance. That is to say, they elaborate and explain such subjects as accountability, state-market-society relationships, and how research can improve not only policy, but also the way the millions in poverty can improve their lives by relating their changing experience to findings from modern research and professional practice...The book is perhaps appropriately characterised as a sophisticated manual of good practice, as an important contributor to discussions of the development of state, and as a secular sermon in favour of practical rather than ideological welfare...The book is an important contribution to governance and development. Its impact is likely to go well beyond a historical marker and celebration of 35 years' experience in the Harvard Institute for International Development. What we have here is a demonstration of an approach to development which bolts together the intellectual and the pragmatic, with positive impact upon the welfare of millions.
Table of Content
Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Good Government Imperative: Human Resources, Organizations, and Institutions Merilee S. Grindle Assessing Capacity-Building Needs: Conceptual Maps Building Sustainable Capacity in the Public Sector: What Can Be Done? Mary E. Hilderbrand and Merilee S. Grindle Strengthening Human Resource Capacity in Developing Countries: Who Are the Actors? What Are their Actions? James A. Trostle, Johannes U. Sommerfeld, and Jonathon L. Simon Strategies for Capacity Building Developing Human Resources Saturation Training: Bolstering Capacity in the Indonesian Ministry of Finance Donald F. Lippincott, IIITraining and Retention in African Public Sectors: Capacity-Building Lessons from Kenya John M. Cohen and John R. WheelerStrengthening Organizations Hierarchy versus Networks: Alternative Strategies for Building Organizational Capacity in Public Bureaucracies in Africa Stephen B. PetersonPolicy Research Institutes in Developing Countries Charles N. MyersCapacity Building in the Bolivian Social Policy Analysis Unit: Reflections of a Practitioner Manuel E. ContrerasBuilding Research Capacity in the Nongovernmental Organization Sector Martha A. ChenReforming Institutions Successful Economic Development and Heterogeneity of Governmental Form on American Indian Reservations Stephen E. Cornell and Joseph P. KaltEstablishing Fiscal Discipline: The Cash Budget in Zambia Bruce R. BolnickCapacity Building in the Context of the Kenya Tax Modernization Program Graham GlendayThe Role of Technical Assistance in Capacity BuildingParticipation, Ownership, and Sustainable Development Albert R. WightTechnical Assistance and Capacity Building for Policy Analysis and Implementation Clive S. GrayCapacity Building in a Transition Country: Lessons from Mongolia William G. BikalesBibliography Index
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-013510
Dewey Decimal
352.3/09172/4
Series
Harvard Studies in International Development Ser.
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Yes
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